Improved barrel-cover



Arent OFFICEO HANN AH STEIGER, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

INIPROVED BARREL-COVER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,699, dated May l0, 1864.

T0 all whom-2115 may concern:

Be it known that I, HANNAH STEIGER, of fashington city, in the county of Tashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful improvement in attachable locked covers for barrels, kegs, boxes, &c., to secure their contents from'pilferers; and I do hereby declare that -t-he following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon Figure l being a perspective view, and Fig.

2 a vertical section, of the barrel and cover' thrown open.

I construct a strong square wooden frame, A, of suitable size, and three or four inches deep, which I confine to the barrel or box B, so as to be level with the top edge thereof, by means of foursquarez-necked iron screw-bolts, of which two are seen at c a, passed through square holes in the lower edges of the frame A and through round holes bored in the barrel or box for the purpose7 the nuts b b being inside, so as to be secured'from interference when the lid C is closed and locked. The lid C is clamped or battened at c c to prevent warping, and hinged at d cl to the top of the frame A, and may project beyond the frame a few inches, as seen at p, so as to support it when open. A good chest-lock, e, is iixed to the front rail of the frame, of which f is the hasp secured to the lid. The wrench XV, to work the nuts, may be made of strap-iron, as shown in Fig. 4. g

It will be observed that using bolts with 'square necks fitting snugly in corresponding square holes in the frame all possibility of removing the bolts by unscrewing them from the outside is effectually prevented.

For the screw-bolts above described as the best for the purpose, I reserve t-he ri-ght to substitute other fastenings for the frame A-such as plain fiat-head round bolts--to be covered and shielded outside by a broader iiange of the lid, or flat metallic hooks attached to the upper edges of the frame A ,which, passing over the chine inside of the barrel, take hold in the groove thereof.

The advantages of this cover are that it can be applied to a barrel or box in a few minutes by only boring four holes. and puts it in the powerxof housekeepers, soldiers in camp or barracks, army-sutlers, and others to secure from pilfering children or servants their stores of flour, apples, coffee, sugar, beef, &c., by a simple and comparatively inexpensive contrivance, and admits of the barrel or box being placed anywhere mostconvenient for use, thus constituting a portable safe or pantry within reach of all, rich and poor. The lid will also serve the purpose of atable or pastryboard, which will be found handy, especially on the iiourbarrel- Although I have above specified the square forni, which I prefer, I also propose to make them circular, as shown in Fig. 3,with aixed segment, A, and alocked and hinged segment. B.

I do not claim the permanent locked barrel-covers, nor the loose barrel-covers in common use.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An attachable and detachable locked barrel or box cover, constructed with its frame, bolts, and openings, whereby it can be attached and detached to and from a barrel or box, the

whole constructed as and for the purpose specified.

HANNAI-I STEIGER.

Vitn esses:

DAN RoWLnND, JOHN CLARK. 

